Guitar Girl
By Sarra Manning
Publisher: Speak
For a little light reading I thought I'd try Sara Manning's Guitar Girl. It's about a rock band callled The Hormones, fronted by 16-year-old Molly Montgomery.
(Flipping through I'd seen references to NME and Glastonbury rock festival. Cool! Anything to remind me of my youth!)
Well, I started reading it last night and, yes, it's an easy-read and quite entertaining, but if you have ever been in a band you know it's also a lot of rubbish.
For a start, it's just not convincing how three teenage girls learn to play guitar and drums and, just like that, start writing and performing songs about Hello Kitty. Even if they all comrpise just three chords.
What's even more unbelievable is how they have no amp problems. That's impossible considering how clueless they are. Like they're just getting up on stage and playing without plugging in their guitars. Crazy! (And not in a good way.)
Still, this book is obviously not meant to be a true-to-life account of a band's rise to fame. It's just meant to be fun and so it is!
It's worth reading epsecially if.
1. You've always wanted to be in a band.
2. Always fantasised about dating a sulky Britpop-type rock star.
3. Want something you can read even if most of your brains are on leave.
In my perspective its a little unfair to judge along the lines of accuaracy in this book. Miss Manning has probally never been in a "rock band" what so ever. She had worked hard and miss minor features. In my view a very fun and entertaining book that gets you going.
By the way, I like Hello Kitty :P
Posted by: Kassy | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 06:59
"books that are made realistic"
Horrors!
Sorry, typo. What I meant was... "books that are NOT made realistic"
Posted by: Liz | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 03:47
Yeah, I really really get annoyed with books that are made realistic .. LOL that's why I'm irked everytime I watch the O.C.
But I watch it anyway. :)
Posted by: Liz | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 03:46